curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
2022 - 2024 Old Dominion University
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Three-dimensional and Material Studies
2019 - 2022 Tidewater Community College
Associates of Studio Arts, Summa Cum Laude
2014 Virginia Beach Recreation Center
Advanced Pottery Techniques
2010 - 2014 Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts
Fashion Design and Craft Materials (uncompleted bachelors)
2007 - 2010 Kempsville High School
Advanced Studies
2004 - 2007 VBPS Old Donation Center Gifted Arts Program
Visual Arts
AWARDS
2023 Windgate-Lamar Fellowship Award Nomination for 2024
Center for Craft, Asheville, NC / Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2023/2024 Linda Holmgren Jensen Endowed Scholarship for the Arts
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2023 Arrowmont Windgate University Fellowship
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN / Old Dominion University
2020 - 2022 President’s Honor Roll
Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, VA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016 - 2020 Design Team Member
Great Clips, South-Eastern Virginia Market
2015 Sewing Instructor: Garment Construction
Private Students, Chesapeake, Va
2014 Sewing Instructor: Beginning Sewing Techniques
Private Students, Chesapeake, Va
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 - 2024 Assistant Studio Technician
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va
2017 - 2022 Salon Manager
Great Clips, Portsmouth, Va
2014 - 2015 Creative Consultant
VanJester Woodworks, Richmond, Va
EXHIBITIONS
2024
BJC Inaugural Graduate Exhibition
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
So Fresh + So Clean 2024, Curated by Charon Kransen and Keith Lewis
Ethical Metalsmith, VCU, Richmond, VA
Transforming the Prototype 2, Curated by Mary Hallam Pearse
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Made in VA Biennial, Curated by Lauren Leving, Maya Brooks & Heather Hakimzadeh
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium
Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Juried Student Exhibition, Curated by Gayle Paul
Baron and Ellin Gordon Gallery, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Faculty Choice Solo Exhibition: Home is wherever I am right now.
Hixon Student Gallery, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Community Exhibition Challenge: This Must Be the Place
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2023
Almost Occasions
Hixon Student Gallery, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium
Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Juried Student Exhibition, Curated by Chelsea Pierce
Baron and Ellin Gordon Gallery, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2022
What the Flux?
Hixon Student Gallery, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2011
Juried Student Exhibition
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2009
Neptune Festival Student Art Exhibition
Virginia Beach, VA
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Old Dominion Digital Commons
Stephen Antonakos: The Spiritual Tenets of Neon
Y2K Water, 2024
2023 Old Dominion Digital Commons
Citlālicue Candelabra, 2022
Misdirecting the Western Gaze, 2022
2022 340 Magazine
Hand Towels, 2022
2021 340 Magazine
Better Days Ahead, 2020
MEMBERSHIPS
Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society initiated 2024
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society initiated 2020